Example sentences of "[noun prp] can hardly be " in BNC.
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| 1 | HAVING finished second to France , and thereby won what the footballers used to call the Home International championship , Scotland can hardly be grudged the eight players they have in the British Isles task force for the invasion of New Zealand this summer under captain Gavin Hastings . |
| 2 | Brian Leith 's The Descent of Darwin : A Handbook of Doubts About Darwin can hardly be recommended in the same terms . |
| 3 | It is disappointing to read such an apologia in the magazine of one 's own institution , which professes to advance the cause of competent management , BR can hardly be counted among the best of examples . |
| 4 | While the Dak can hardly be called a sprinter , its relative simplicity means that a true ‘ cab rank ’ operation can be staged , with the aircraft out on the pan ready to start as soon as the alarm is raised and a back-up aircraft ready to go beyond that very quickly . |
| 5 | Here we might note that they are also not in Edinburgh : we know this for B because B claims to have to go to Edinburgh , and go here means movement away from the place of the speaker at the time of speaking ; we know it for A also , because if A is in Edinburgh , then B's having to go to Edinburgh can hardly be an excuse for B not going to A today . |
| 6 | However BT can hardly be under heavy financial pressure considering its profits . |
| 7 | Ma Bell can hardly be described as a raider set on rape and pillage . |